Transom draft gear



sept. 1'1, 1923. 1,467,682

l H. M. vFPI-'LAGER TRANSOM DRAFT GEAR Filed June 14. 1921 o /d u En v NF3.

Smmmw Inventor Patented Sept. 11, 1923. l

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HARRY IVI. PFLAGER, F ST; LOUIS, IVIISSOURI, ASSIGNOE TOlCOIYJYIO'JIWIEAIJ'LI-I STEEL COMPANY, OF' ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ACORPORATION `C11?- NEW JERSEY.

TnANsoi/r DRAFT snaai. y l Application med J'u'ne 14, .1921. serial no.477,530.

VT0 ciZZccwm t may concern; l coupling link such as is used in EuropeanBe it known that I, I-IRRY. M.l FFLAGER, practice. `.'Io accommodatethis position o a citizen of the United States, residing at lhook l,11,the coupler pin lifting 'and lock- St. Louis,-Missouri, have invented acertain :ing devices are locatedv on the lower face of new and usefulImprovement in Transom ythe coupler. The underframe is'reinforced 60Draft Gears, of which the following is a full, by braces 12 which extendfrom the end sill,

n clear, and exact description, such as will enimmediately adjacent tobuffer block 8, able others skilled in the art to which it apdiagonallyand rearwardly to a point adj apertains to make and use the same,reference cent to the connection between the drawbar being had to theaccompanying drawings, extension 6 and transom 5, where they are 65forming part of this specication. preferably attached to similar braces13 My invention relates to railway rolling which connect transom 5 andend sill 3 at stock and in particular to transom draft points on thelatter spaced from buffer gears, and consists in a draft gear andunblock 8.y It will be understood that braces 15 derframe constructionadapted for both M. 12 may be secured directly to transom 5, if 70 C. B.standard and European coupling preferred. Similar braces 1li extend frompractice. Y the end sill at a point adjacent brace 13 to The objects omy invention are, to prothe side sill 2 adjacent the end of transom 5.vide a transom and associated parts adapted Yielding buffers 15 aremounted on end to be assembled with an M. C. B. coupler and sill 3 infront of their respective braces 13 75 shank and to transmit all of thedraft and 11i at each side of buffer 8. stresses therethrough, or to beassembled It will be noted that with this construcwith the usual draftrod and side buffers, tion coupler 10 enables the car to be coupled suchas are in common use on European with a similarly equipped car, or witha car railroads. having an M. C. B. coupler only, and to 80 I alsodesire to provide a coupler element transmit butling and pullingstresses through for such a draft gear which is adapted to shank 9,drawbar extension 6 and the draft cooperate with a similar coupler onthe adsprings 7 to bolster 5 and center sills 1. jacent car or with theusual European cou- Or the coupler may be linked to a car pling link onthe adjacent car. equipped with European draft rod hooks 85 In theaccompanying drawings which and then it will only transmit the pullingillustrate a selected embodiment of my instresses through extension 6.In the latter vention, case, the bufiing stresses will be received byFigure 1 is a plan view of the end'of a buffers 15 and transmittedthrough braces railway car with my invention applied 13 and 14 totransom 5 at spaced points on 90 thereto. the latter. When so coupled,the arrange- Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section ment of theVarious diagonal braces enables taken on the center line of Figure 1.them to cooperate in sustaining the draft Figure 3 is a similar detailsection which stresses, thereby forming an unusually rigid shows a draftrod and link substituted for and efiicient end construction for the un-95 the coupler shown in Figures 1 and 2`. derframe. With either couplingarrange The car illustrated is provided with the ment a substantialportion of a buiiing stress usual center sills 1, side sills 2, endsills 3, is transmitted to the bolster at points adand truck 4. The carbody .is preferably jacent to the connection of the latter tocenequipped with a cast steel transom 5 and a ter sills 1 which is themost desirable dis- 100 cast steel draw bar extension 6 which formstribution. a part of the draft rigging assembled with The rear end ofcoupler shank 9 termitransom 5 by means of suitable connections nates ina portion smallest at its eXtreme and the draft springs 7. end and theforward'end of extension 6 is bui-ling block 8 adapted to support theshank end of shank 9 may be secured by means of 9 of a coupler 10 havingan M. C. B. cona key 16. If it is desired to equip the car tour andknuckle. Coupler 10 is preferably for European coupling practiceexclusively, made with an integral hook 11 on its upper key 16 may beremoved and coupler 10 with 55 face, adapted to be engaged by a standardits shank 9 disassembled from extension 6. 110

The end sill 3 is provided with a central provided with a pocket inwhich the rear 105 Then-a suitable bearing I7 maybe mounted 1n buffer 8,anda draft rod l`8"inserted therethrough and connected to extension 6.

. I am aware that the particular arrange*-y ment of partsV may be-Vvaried,` Without def parting from the spirit of my invention and Icontemplate those modications in'adapb" spaeed fromthe endysill',longitudinally. eX-

: 'tending spaced center Lsills yterminatingv at ofl the followingYsignature"this 8th day `thefbolster, a draftgear.' mounted on thebolster adjacent to said" center sills, a center v buffer block on theendsill, sidebu'ers mountedon the end:I sill on opposite'sdes of' thecenter' 'bulten block,'` struts extending from the'center buffer blockdiagonally towards the-bolster, and struts secured to the bolster atpoints near the termination of the center sills and extending andsecured to y the end sill adjacent the sidevbuifers.

In testimony whereofI-hereufnto ax my ofJune, 1921.-'

HARRY VPFLAGER.

